MARK A. CHINEN Seattle University School of Law 901 12th Avenue, Sullivan Hall P.O. Box 222000 Seattle, WA 98122-1090 Phone: (206) 398-4040 Email: mchinen@seattleu.edu EMPLOYMENT Seattle University School of Law, Seattle, WA Professor of Law, 2013-present Associate Professor of Law, 2002-2013 Assistant Professor of Law, 1996-2002 Courses Taught: Contracts, Business Entities, International Business Transactions, International Trade, International Investment Law, International Law First-year Elective, The Law of Globalization, Advanced Topics in International Law, Public International Law, Business Transactions Simulation, Introduction to the American Legal System, Christian Perspectives on the Law Scholarly Interests: Globalization and the Law, International Law, Law and Religion, Foreign Relations Law, Jurisprudence, Japanese Law Administrative Work: co-chair, Social Justice Leadership Committee, 2013- present, member, Faculty Appointments Committee, 2012-2013; chair, Personnel Review Committee, 2011-2012; co-chair, Curriculum & Pedagogy Committee, 2010 2011; co-chair, Faculty Appointments Committee 2009-2010, member, Provost Search Committee, 2007-2008; member, Personnel Review Committee, 2007-2008; member, Strategic Task Force Planning Committee, 2007; president, Seattle University Academic Assembly, 2004-2006; chair, Personnel Review Committee, 2005-2006; director, Master of Laws in American Studies Program, 2002-2007 Honors: William C. Oltman Professor of Teaching Excellence, 2008-2010; Outstanding Professor Award, 2009 University of Washington School of Law, Seattle, WA Part-time Lecturer in Law, Spring 2011 Courses Taught: International Trade
Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C. Associate, 1989-1996 Areas of Practice: Corporate Law, Securities, International Trade, International Business Transactions, Intellectual Property, Banking, Public Interest Litigation, Human Rights EDUCATION Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA Degree: Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1988 Editor, Harvard Journal of International Law, 1986-87 Teaching Fellow for Professor Robert Coles, 1987 Yale Divinity School, New Haven, CT Degree: Master of Divinity, magna cum laude, 1984 Pomona College, Claremont, CA Degree: Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1981 Major: Asian Studies Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan 1979-80 PUBLICATIONS Complexity Theory and the Horizontal and Vertical Dimensions of State Responsibility, 5 EUR. J. INT L L. (forthcoming 2014) Complexity Theory and the Legal Responsibility of Global Economic Actors, in INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW AND AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT 9 (Laurence Boulle, Emmanuel Laryea & Franziska Sucker eds. 2014) Crumbs from the Table: The Syrophoenician Woman and International Law, 27 J. L. & RELIG. 1 (2011-2012) Governing Complexity, in GLOBALIZATION AND GOVERNANCE 43 (Laurence Boulle ed. 2011) 2
Teaching as a Form of Love, 9 SEATTLE J. SOC. JUSTICE 221 (2010) Matters of Preference: Tracing the Line between Citizens, Democratic States, and International Law (with Lana Ellis), 19 TRANSNAT L L. & CONTEMP. PROBS. 419 (2010) Secrecy and Democratic Decisions, 27 QUINNIPIAC L. REV. 1 (2009) On Lawyers and Good Samaritans: a Reflection, 4 SEATTLE J. SOC. JUSTICE 497 (2006) Article 9 of the Constitution of Japan and Procedural and Substantive Heuristics for Consensus, 27 MICH. J. INT L L. 55 (2005) Game Theory and Customary International Law: A Response to Professors Goldsmith and Posner, 24 MICH. INT'L L. J.143 (2001) Presidential Certifications in U.S. Foreign Policy Legislation, 31 N.Y.U. J. INT L L. & POL. 217 (1999) International Decisions: Bank of Hawaii v. Balos, 83 AM. J. INT L L. 583 (1989) Jurisdiction: Foreign Plaintiffs, Forum Non Conveniens, and Litigation Against Multinational Corporations In re Union Carbide Corp. Gas Plant Disaster at Bhopal, India in December, 1984, 28 HARV. INT L L. J. 202 (1986) The Standard of Compensation for Takings WORKS IN PROGRESS PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS American Society of International Law Washington State Bar District of Columbia Bar United States Court of International Trade Bar United States District Court for the District of Columbia Bar United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Bar 3
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Member, Seattle University School of Theology and Ministry Executive Advisory Board, 2013 to present. Member, Public Theology Committee of the STM Executive Advisory Board Member, Lake Washington Girls Middle School Board of Directors, 2009-2014, President, 2010-2013. PRESENTATIONS AND CONFERENCES The Legality of Nurturing Spirituality in Higher Education, Authentic Life Conference: Infusing Spirituality into Educational & Vocational Discernment, Seattle University (May 20, 2014) On Lawyers and Good Samaritans, Alaska Bar Association Continuing Legal Education, Anchorage, Alaska (June 13, 2013) The Role of the Law: The Case of the Million-Dollar Painting, The Color of Justice Conference, Anchorage, Alaska (June 11, 2013) Complexity Theory and the Legal Responsibility of Global Economic Actors, Second African International Economic Law Network Conference, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa (March 8, 2013) Discussant, Crude, Seattle University School of Law Film Night (Nov. 16, 2011) Governing Complexity, Globalization and Governance Conference, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa (Oct. 14, 2010) Teaching as a Form of Love, installation as William C. Oltman Professor of Teaching Excellence, Seattle University School of Law (Oct. 29, 2009) Article 9 of the Constitution of Japan: Prospects for Peace, Washington State Bar Association Section on World Peace through Law (Jan. 27, 2009) Moderator, Panel on Religious Influences on Ethics, Professionalism and the Practice of Law, Conference on Pluralism, Religion and the Law, Seattle University School of Law (March 7, 2008) Moderator, Panel on Globalizing Democracy, Hegemonic Power and Social Justice, Conference on Globalizing Democracy, Seattle University (Feb. 22, 2008) What the Good Samaritan has to say about Social Justice, Seattle Journal for Social Justice, Conference on Pedagogy and Social Justice (Nov. 4, 2005) 4
Article 9 of the Constitution of Japan and Procedural and Substantive Heuristics for Consensus, Japanese Law Research Workshop, University of Washington School of Law (Oct. 22, 2005) "The WTO and other International Law", National League of Women Voters Seattle Chapter (June 18, 2001) Asian Americans in Law Teaching, National Asian Pacific Islander Law Students Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA (October 23, 1999) Publicity Committee, Conference for Asian Pacific American Law Faculty (1999-2000) Contributor and Associate Editor, Intellectual Property Fraud Reporter (1989-93) OTHER Languages: Japanese (intermediate); Brazilian Portuguese (intermediate); Spanish (intermediate reading) Elder, Japanese Presbyterian Church 5